Lose weight or maintain...

Have any of you been told to lose weight or maintain your weight while pregnant? If so what meal plans or "diets" did they recommend?

I'm on my first and well am at my half way point and have already gained 20lbs. I'm already heavy and am marked to gain 15-25lbs. I'm not eatting extremely unhealthy at all. If anything I may eat a donought if I get one this week and maybe a handful of jelly beans on a day or two a week, two slices of pizza for dinner, etc... I'm not out eating chinese food, tubs of ice cream, packs of cookies. I'm aware of my eating habits because I had lost 85 lbs these past 3 years. Most of my stuff is diet, reduced fat, fat free, and so on. I eat veggies (fresh chopped), fruits, wheat bead and crakers, healthy cereals and oatmeal.

It's just hard to imput that I'm on my first baby and already gained 20lbs and I still have the summer to go through. I love summer with it's fruits, soft serves (ice cream custards), barbecues, etc. I will move more when it gets hotter because I love being outside. right now it's cold and rainy. I do walk though 2-3 days a week an hour each time and I do yoga one day a week and about to make it two in April.

I just don't want to gain 40lbs by the time I give birth in August! Anyone got suggestions?

Comments (9)

The best thing to do is track your calories. You would be do surprised at how many calories add up with just a few jelly beans here and there. Log your food for a couple days and then see what you can cut. I quit using mayo on my sanwhiches cause it took up to many of my calories. I'd rather have it than mustard but if also rather spend my calories on a cookie or something.

I wouldn't stress about it. I was overweight pre pregnancy, and now that I am pregnant I was SOOOOO worried about gaining all this weight super fast. My doctor did recoment I DO NOT diet. Meaning not restricting myself, but to make an effort to eat those things that are good for me. A suggestion is to eat/snack more often instead of eating 3 larger meals. That also helps with morning sickness.

hey girl. when i got pregnant i had just got home from basic training. i was 119 lbs and 17 percent body fat. i have already gained 20 lbs at 18 weeks. i feel like i had been so deprived of nutrients during basic my body is like going crazy and gaining fat to maintain a healthy pregnancy or something...im frusterated too cuz i work out 4 days a week. i understand how u feel...it sucks gaining weight when u worked so hard to be fit. just keep your chin up and try to enjoy your pregnancy. message me if u ever need to vent!:)

I know the feeling I'm 18 weeks and up 20 lbs. The 10 months prior to getting pregnant I lost 90 lbs with eating healthy and exercise. I'm still eating healthy and walking 5 days a week but I can't keep the weight gain down.

There's no sure way to say how much weight you'll gain, I was 30 lbs overweight before I got pregnant and now at 18 weeks I've gained only 11 lbs. My mother on the other hand gained 30 up front before her anatomy scan at 20 weeks and thengained nothing after that. A woman I work with did not gain a single pound until the last three weeks before due date and she fained ten pounds one week, and five and five after that. All pregnancies are different so women gain weight at different rates and different times throughout pregnancy. Don't worry too much, we're all different and if you just keep excercising and eat healthy foods you'll be okay.

I started this pregnancy at 170lbs and at my very first appointment my doctor told me to try not to gain any weight or at the most only 10 pounds.I was freaking out I gained 80 pounds a piece with both of my daughters. I have gained 6 pounds so far which is more than the doctor would like but I am ecstatic. I feel healthy and my baby is healthy and that is what I'm going to go by.
I do watch what I eat and exercise everyday. But I also did that with my second daughter and still gained 80 pounds. So I think it is like what other people have said it really just depends on that pregnancy.